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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Where are all the people in the security firms coming from, then? Are they random people who got laid off by dot.coms and can't find another job? Or have they been in these security firms all along -- which raises the question of what they were doing before they went to Iraq.
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There are plenty of ex-mil people who still like to shoot guns and shit, but aren't very happy walking the beat in their local town, or working at a factory to pay the paint-ball bills on the weekend.
From what I can tell, a lot of these folks are making double or triple what they could make in their usual jobs, and figure, WTF, why not make some $ while the chance is there.
[eta] incidentally, I went to a federal building the other day for a meeting where teh security guards were wearing "Blackwater Security" patches--I'm sure the ones bored of desk-jockeying were excited to pick up some automatic rifles and hop a plane to iraq.
